The issue confirms reports that the IS has enslaved and sold Yazidis to its fighters.

4 barrel bombs hit al-Rastan in Homs.

Assad has fired 2 Military Intelligence officers in Homs in response to the car bomb a week and a half ago that targeted a school and killed 31 people, most of whom were children.

Brigadier General Abdul Karim al-Salloum, who was the head Military Intelligence in the city was fired along with the head of the city’s Security Committee.

Rebels after a battle in Qalamoun:

A summary by the Islamic Front of their operations over the last week:

Locals in al-Hasakah have reported that on Saturday the al-Asayesh (Kurdish internal security) began to implement forced conscription into the YPG in several cities in the province.

Checkpoints were set up in Qamishli to detain men age 18-30. Arrests of young men were carried out in several areas in the province, and there were reports that they also raided houses to find conscripts.

An SAA soldier says goodbye to his mother as rebels storm his location:

Residents of al-Bukumal in Deir Ez Zor said that the Islamic State has seized the property of Syrian expatriates who are working in Gulf states in order to give to its fighters as residences.

The seizures are in retaliation for the participation of those countries in coalition airstrikes.